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Plates 34a-38b for Russia fur-seal islands

by: Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943

Publication date: 1885

Topics: Northern fur seal, Zoologists

Collection: biodiversity; sifieldbooks

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English

These original photographs mound on mounted and with captions pertain to Stejneger's extensive study of the fur seals of the North Pacific-Bering Sea area. The photographs show fur-seal rookeries, salt houses, bundles of seal skins, local people, the way of life on the fur-seal islands, and general geological features in the villages of Glinka and Karabelni on Copper Island (officially Ostrov Mednyy). Some or all of these images may be published. Many of the photographs are dated August 1895

Abstract: These original photographs mound on mounted and with captions pertain to Stejneger's extensive study of the fur seals of the North Pacific-Bering Sea area. The photographs show fur-seal rookeries, salt houses, bundles of seal skins, local people, the way of life on the fur-seal islands, and general geological features in the villages of Glinka and Karabelni on Copper Island (officially Ostrov Mednyy). Some or all of these images may be published. Many of the photographs are dated August 1895.